Lukas

That would be great! PM sent. Yeah, I think so, seems fairly reasonable the more people I talk to about it.

Besides Nissan, where else can I get the exhaust manifold gasket? I'm also going to get my rocker cover gasket replaced because it is leaking a little bit of oil. So anyone know a good source for the gaskets?

Well, I just got a couple more quotes and $500 - $600 seems to be fairly reasonable. It is not an easy job removing everything from the manifold etc... Then if any of the studs are stuck, it is a little tricky drilling them out. Machining of the manifold is about $100, studs are about $12 including nuts from Nissan and exhaust manifold gasket is $115 from Nissan. I've found no general mechanics want to do it, only exhaust centres, so it is obviously not the most enjoyable job to do.

So I thought

I have some broken exhaust manifold bolts and got a quote today on replacing them and machining the manifold. I was given a price between $500 - $700 and told it would be approximately 2 days work. I know it is a time consuming job, but does it sound right?

PM sent mate.

Yeah? Have you got another car Kris?

Yeah, I just put ENDLESS SUPER STREET Y-sports on my front and rear. Magic, best pads I've ever used! I got them for AU$110 from Autobacs Nagoya.

Oh fark'n hell! What's going on in this world?

For interest sake, I was flipping through the latest Hot 4's mag today and noticed a section on removal/fitting of steering wheels and boss kits.

Yeah, the roads here are really f u c k e d up! But you have to expect it in a place that rains 6 months of the year. Driveways do my head in! They are like gutters, so they can handle the wet season downpours. Even with stock suspension it takes me 5 minutes to get up my driveway!

I'm pretty sure they have internet in Townsville... If Cairns has dial - up, I'm sure they have probably moved upto ADSL! SAU Nth QLD is non - existant! A lot of kids that drive Skylines here think they are Gods gift to the human race. It's basically useless being a SAU QLD member living in Cairns / Nth QLD as all events etc.. are based around Brisbane / Gold Coast. No point posting anything, because nothing happens here, only 2 people work on Skylines, but they prefer Holdens and it costs as much to get a FMIC installed as it does to buy a new Skyline! *eNd RaNt* ...oh and to answer your question, not many.

I have the same problem!

I think it looks fairly slick... a few things missing, like our galleries, the coloured member bars, etc... but I think it's still being updated. I wish the SAU banner on top of the page would be updated. It looks lame, it's been the same for 2 years!

HAHAHAHA, I've heard of silverside... veal is beef too right?

well done.

true

Hey mate welcome to SAU! I'm in Cairns. Moved to Cairns about 8 months ago Anyway, hope to see you around, what colour is the 31?

Mine only did it while I had the heater on. It used to s h i t me to tears! But now I only use AC

PM sent.

Hi 2rismo, do you have the starter motor? If so, how much? Thanks.

Hi! Welcome to the village in the North! How long you in Cairns for?

Merry Christmas all! Another year almost over, hope the new year will be the best you have all ever had!

Oh man, that's too big a decision to make! KEBABS are the BEST!!! But I would have to say chicken, nothing tastier than a bit of thigh!

Cool, I often get called Luka, usually by people that have not caught my name correctly. Yeah, it is a rare name. Lukas spelt with a 'K' is not common. I have not met anyone else with the same spelling - it is Northern European. So, where abouts in Japan are you?